Acosta pleaded guilty last March to a felony charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering, admitting that she aided a scheme to embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars from a publicly-funded mental health clinic where she once worked.

But Acosta remained on the ballot, and court orders kept the case quiet until September, when The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote about it. Acosta was re-elected in November, running unopposed.

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